Genesis 22:14

And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

In Context

13Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son.

15And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 22:8And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.

Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:

Judges 6:24And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,

1 Samuel 29:10Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the servants of thy lord, who came with thee: and when you are up before day, and it shall begin to be light, go on your way.

Psalms 22:4But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:12-15

Isaac Rescued. ( b. c. 1872.) 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the… Read the whole commentary →

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